[IDV #QWT-937582]: Unable to open grid

Hi Patrick-

> Full Name: Patrick Brockmann
> Email Address: address@hidden
> Organization: IPSL
> Package Version: 2.4b3 build date:2007-11-23 08:05 UTC
> Operating System: Linux
> Hardware: Java: home: /home/brock/IDV_2.4b3/jre version: 1.5.0_11 j3d:1.3.1
> Description of problem: Could it be possible to have more details when it 
> fails on
> reading netCDF file. For now, I get the message "Unable to open grid".
> I try to respect the CF conventions and so add/modify
> the different attributs until I get a correct reading but
> it would be easier if I have had a detailled message with
> the different steps of building the grid.

There are many reasons why a grid might not be compliant for
the IDV and we support many conventions besides CF.  I think
it would be hard to figure out exactly what is missing given
the myriad ways of describing a grid in CF even.  One
other option is to use the CF conventions checker at:

http://titania.badc.rl.ac.uk/cgi-bin/cf-checker.pl

or the Common Data Model validation tool (which checks most of the 
conventions supported by IDV):

http://motherlode.ucar.edu:8080/thredds/cdmValidate.html
 
> ***********************************
> There was an error loading the data:
> Error creating data source:netcdf.grid with: 
> http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc
> Unable to open grid:
> http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc
> 
> 
> ******************
> Stack trace:
> ucar.unidata.data.BadDataException: Error creating data source:netcdf.grid 
> with: 
> http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc
> Unable to open grid:
> http://dods.ipsl.jussieu.fr/cgi-bin/nph-dods/mc2ipsl/calculo/ES_MOVIE/PROD03_2d_20510101_20511230_PHY.nc
> 
> at ucar.unidata.data.DataManager.createDataSource(DataManager.java:1283)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.createDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1829)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1748)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.makeDataSource(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1682)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1536)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.handleAction(DefaultIdv.java:112)
> at 
> ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.handleAction(IntegratedDataViewer.java:1468)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURLInner(UrlChooser.java:249)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.loadURL(UrlChooser.java:221)
> at ucar.unidata.idv.chooser.UrlChooser.doLoadInThread(UrlChooser.java:268)
> at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> at 
> sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
> at 
> sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
> at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:585)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$2.run(Misc.java:983)
> at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1011)
> 
> 
> 


Ticket Details
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Ticket ID: QWT-937582
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Open